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Publications

2024

• Symeonides C, Vacy K, Thomson S, Tanner S, Chua HK, Dixit S, Mansell T, O’Hely M, Novakovic B, Herbstman JB, Wang S. Male autism spectrum disorder is linked to brain aromatase disruption by prenatal BPA in multimodal investigations and 10HDA ameliorates the related mouse phenotype. Nature Communications. 2024 Aug 7;15(1):6367.
  
• Vacy K, Thomson S, Moore A, Eisner A, Tanner S, Pham C, Saffrey R, Mansell T, Burgner D, Collier F, Vuillermin P. Cord blood lipid correlation network profiles are associated with subsequent attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder symptoms at 2 years: a prospective birth cohort study. EBioMedicine. 2024 Feb 1;100.
  
• Dhar P, Sominsky L, O'Hely M, Dawson S, Collier F, Tang ML, Mansell T, Burgner D, Smith C, Hyde N, Downing K. Physical activity and circulating inflammatory markers and cytokines during pregnancy: A populationbased cohort study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 2024 Jan 1.
  
• Lange K, Pham C, Fedyszyn IE, Cook F, Burgner DP, Olsson CA, Downes M, Priest N, Mansell T, Tang ML, Ponsonby AL. Emotional symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers in childhood: Associations in two Australian birth cohorts. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2024 Jan 1;344:356-64.
  

2023

• Sominsky L, O'Hely M, Drummond K, Cao S, Collier F, Dhar P, Loughman A, Dawson S, Tang ML, Mansell T, Saffery R. Pre-pregnancy obesity is associated with greater systemic inflammation and increased risk of antenatal depression. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2023 Oct 1;113:189-202.
• Staskova L, Marx W, Dawson SL, O’Hely M, Mansell T, Saffery R, Burgner D, Collier F, Novakovic B, Vuillermin P, Field CJ. The distribution of dietary choline intake and serum choline levels in Australian women during pregnancy and associated early life factors. European Journal of Nutrition. 2023 Oct;62(7):2855-72.
  
• Pham C, Thomson S, Chin ST, Vuillermin P, O’Hely M, Burgner D, Tanner S, Saffery R, Mansell T, Bong S, Holmes E. Maternal oxidative stress during pregnancy associated with emotional and behavioural problems in early childhood: implications for foetal programming. Molecular psychiatry. 2023 Sep;28(9):3760-8.
  
• Gao Y, Stokholm J, O’Hely M, Ponsonby AL, Tang ML, Ranganathan S, Saffery R, Harrison LC, Collier F, Gray L, Burgner D. Gut microbiota maturity mediates the protective effect of siblings on food allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2023 Sep 1;152(3):667-75.
  

• George AD, Paul S, Wang T, Huynh K, Giles C, Mellett N, Duong T, Nguyen A, Geddes D, Mansell T, Saffery R. Defining the lipid profiles of human milk, infant formula, and animal milk: implications for infant feeding. Frontiers in Nutrition. 2023 Aug 30;10:1227340.
  
• Mansell T, Furst A, O'Hely M, Chang M, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Tang ML, Burgner D, Saffery R, Bode L; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Age-dependent associations of human milk oligosaccharides with body size and composition up to 4 years of age. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2023 Feb 21.

• Zheng M, Hesketh KD, Vuillermin P, Dodd J, Wen LM, Baur LA, Taylor R, Byrne R, Mihrshahi S, Burgner D, Tang MLK, Campbell KJ. Understanding the pathways between prenatal and postnatal factors and overweight outcomes in early childhood: a pooled analysis of seven cohorts.  International Journal of Obesity. 2023 Apr 3.

• Chen KY, Chu W, Jones R, Vuillermin P, Fuller D, Tran D, Sanci L, Shanthikumar S, Carlin J, Hiscock H. Modifiable factors associated with pediatric asthma readmissions: a multi-center linked cohort study. Journal of Asthma. 2023 Apr;60(4):708-717.
  

 

• Thomson S, Drummond K, O'Hely M, Symeonides C, Chandran C, Mansell T, Saffery R, Sly P, Mueller J, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Increased maternal non-oxidative energy metabolism mediates association between prenatal di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) exposure and offspring autism spectrum disorder symptoms in early life: A birth cohort study. Environment International. 2023 Jan;171.

 

2022

 

 

• Gao Y, O'Hely M, Quinn TP, Ponsonby AL, Harrison LC, Frøkiær H, Tang MLK, Brix S, Kristiansen K, Burgner D, Saffery R, Ranganathan S, Collier F, Vuillermin P. Maternal gut microbiota during pregnancy and the composition of immune cells in infancy. Maternal gut microbiota during pregnancy and the composition of immune cells in infancy. Frontiers in Immunology. 2022 Sep 21;13.

• D. Burgner, T. Mansell, R. Saffery, S. Burugupalli, A.-L. Ponsonby, M. Tang, M. O’Hely, S. Bekkering, A. Smith, R. Rowland, S. Ranganathan, P. Sly, P. Vuillermin, F. Collier and P. Meikle. Early life infection is associated with proinflammatory, atherogenic, and diabetogenic metabolomic and lipidomic profiles at 12 months of age. Atherosclerosis. 2022 Volume 355, 5.

• Mansell T, Vlahos A, Collier F, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Ellul S, Tang MLK, Burgner D, Saffery R; Barwon Infant Study Investigator team. The newborn metabolome: associations with gestational diabetes, sex, gestation, birth mode, and birth weight. Pediatric Research. 2022 Jun;91(7):1864-1873.

• L Pittet, N Messina, K Gardiner, B Freyne, V Abruzzo, K Francis, C Morrison, C Zufferey, P Vuillermin, K Allen, A Ponsonby, R Robins-Browne, F Shann, K Flanagan, R Phillips, S Donath, D Casalaz, N Curtis. Prevention of infant eczema by neonatal bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination: The MIS BAIR randomized controlled trial. Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2022 Vol. 77, 956-965.

• Mansell T, Vlahos A, Collier F, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Ellul S, Tang MLK, Burgner D, Saffery R; Barwon Infant Study Investigator team. The newborn metabolome: associations with gestational diabetes, sex, gestation, birth mode, and birth weight. Pediatric Research. 2022 Vol. 91,1864-1873.

• Bell LA, Vuillermin P, Timperio A, Ponsonby AL, Tang MLK, Hesketh KD; BIS Investigator Group. Physical activity and adiposity in preschool children: The Barwon Infant Study. Pediatric Obesity. 2022 Feb;17(2):e12853.

• Pittet LF, Messina NL, Gardiner K, Freyne B, Abruzzo V, Morrison C, Vuillermin P, Allen KJ, Ponsonby AL, Robins-Browne R, Shann F, Flanagan KL, Donath S, Casalaz D, Phillips R, Curtis N. Discordance Between Diagnosis Tools for Assessing Eczema in Infants. Dermatitis. 2022, 33(3):207-214.

• Collier F, Chau C, Mansell T, Faye-Chauhan K, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, Saffery R, Tang MLK, O'Hely M, Carlin J, Gray LEK, Bekkering S, Burgner D; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Innate Immune Activation and Circulating Inflammatory Markers in Preschool Children. Frontiers in Immunology. 2022, Vol. 12, 1-8.

• Burugupalli S, Smith AAT, Oshlensky G, Huynh K, Giles C, Wang T, George A, Paul S, Nguyen A, Duong T, Mellett N, Cinel M, Mir SA, Chen L, Wenk MR, Karnani N, Collier F, Saffery R, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, Burgner D, Meikle P; Barwon Infant Study Investigator team. Ontogeny of circulating lipid metabolism in pregnancy and early childhood - a longitudinal population study. eLife. 2022, Vol. 11, 1-22.

• Tanner S, Thomson S, Drummond K, O'Hely M, Symeonides C, Mansell T, Saffery R, Sly PD, Collier F, Burgner D, Sugeng EJ, Dwyer T, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, On Behalf Of The Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. A Pathway-Based Genetic Score for Oxidative Stress: An Indicator of Host Vulnerability to Phthalate-Associated Adverse Neurodevelopment. Antioxidants. 2022 Mar 29;11(4):659.

• Pham C, Vryer R, O'Hely M, Mansell T, Burgner D, Collier F, Symeonides C, Tang MLK, Vuillermin P, Gray L, Saffery R, Ponsonby AL, On Behalf Of The Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Shortened Infant Telomere Length Is Associated with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms in Children at Age Two Years: A Birth Cohort Study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022, Vol. 23, pp. 1-20.

• Zheng M, Hesketh KD, Vuillermin P, Dodd J, Wen LM, Baur LA, Taylor R, Byrne R, Mihrshahi S, Sly PD, Tang MLK, Campbell KJ. Determinants of rapid infant weight gain: A pooled analysis of seven cohorts. Pediatric Obesity. 2022, pp. 1-11.

• Mansell T, Saffery R, Burugupalli S, Ponsonby AL, Tang MLK, O'Hely M, Bekkering S, Smith AAT, Rowland R, Ranganathan S, Sly PD, Vuillermin P, Collier F, Meikle P, Burgner D; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Early life infection and proinflammatory, atherogenic metabolomic and lipidomic profiles in infancy: a population-based cohort study. eLife. 2022, Vol. 11,1-25.
• Pham C, Bekkering S, O'Hely M, Burgner D, Thomson S, Vuillermin P, Collier F, Marx W, Mansell T, Symeonides C, Sly PD, Tang MLK, Saffery R, Ponsonby AL; BIS Investigator Group. Infant inflammation predicts childhood emotional and behavioral problems and partially mediates socioeconomic disadvantage. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2022, Vol. 104, pp. 83-94.

• Ponsonby AL, Collier F, O'Hely M, Tang MLK, Ranganathan S, Gray L, Morwitch E, Saffery R, Burgner D, Dwyer T, Sly PD, Harrison LC, Vuillermin P; BIS Investigator Group. Household size, T regulatory cell development, and early allergic disease: a birth cohort study. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2022, Vol. 33.

• S Mir, L Chen, S Burugupalli, B Burla, S Ji, A Smith, K Narasimhan, A Ramasamy, K Tan, K Huynh, C Giles, D Mei, G Wong, F Yap, K Tan, F Collier, R Saffery, P Vuillermin, A Bendt, D Burgner, A Ponsonby, Y Lee, Y Chong, P Gluckman, J Eriksson, P Meikle, M Wenk, N Karnani. Population-based plasma lipidomics reveals developmental changes in metabolism and signatures of obesity risk: a mother-offspring cohort study. BMC Medicine, 2022, Vol. 20, 1-18

• Eisner A, Gao Y, Collier F, Drummond K, Thomson S, Burgner D, Vuillermin P, Tang ML, Mueller J, Symeonides C, Saffery R, Ponsonby AL; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Cord blood immune profile: Associations with higher prenatal plastic chemical levels. Environmental Pollution. 2022, Dec 15;315.

• Marx W, Thomson S, O'Hely M, Symeonides C, Collier F, Tang MLK, et al. Maternal inflammatory and omega-3 fatty acid pathways mediate the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and childhood cognition. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 Feb;100:211-218.
  

• Pham C, Symeonides C, O'Hely M, Sly PD, Knibbs LD, Thomson S, et al. Early life environmental factors associated with autism spectrum disorder symptoms in children at age 2 years: A birth cohort study. Autism. 2022 Jan 11:online ahead of print
  

2021

 

• Thorsen SU, Collier F, Pezic A, O’Hely M, Clarke M, Tang MLK, et al. Maternal and Cord Blood 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 Are Associated with Increased Cord Blood and Naive and Activated Regulatory T Cells: The Barwon Infant Study. The Journal of Immunology. 2021;206(4):874-82.
  

• Symeonides C, Vuillermin PJ, Sciberras E, Senn E, Thomson SM, Wardrop N, et al. Importance of accounting for sibling age when examining the association between family size and early childhood cognition, language and emotional behaviour: a birth cohort study. BMJ Open. 2021;11(3):e041984.

• Soriano VX, Koplin JJ, Forrester M, Peters RL, O'Hely M, Dharmage SC, et al. Infant pacifier sanitization and risk of challenge-proven food allergy: A cohort study. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2021;147(5):1823-9.e11.

• Rowland R, Sass Z, Ponsonby A-L, Pezic A, Tang ML, Vuillermin P, et al. Burden of infection in Australian infants. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2021;57(2):204-11.

• Mansell T, Vlahos A, Collier F, Ponsonby A-L, Vuillermin P, Ellul S, et al. The newborn metabolome: associations with gestational diabetes, sex, gestation, birth mode, and birth weight. Pediatric Research. 2021.

• Loughman A, Hedley J, Olsson CA, Berk M, Moylan S, Saffery R, et al. Increased maternal mental health burden in a representative longitudinal community cohort coinciding with COVID-19 lockdown. Australian Journal of Psychology. 2021:1-8.

• Han X, Gray LEK, Mahar RK, Carlin JB, Ranganathan S, Vuillermin PJ, et al. Assessing our capability to predict the presence of respiratory diseases at the age of four using data available at one month of age. medRxiv. 2021:2021.07.04.21259873.

• Gao Y, Nanan R, Macia L, Tan J, Sominsky L, Quinn TP, et al. The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and offspring allergy and asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2021.

• Dawson SL, O'Hely M, Jacka FN, Ponsonby A-L, Symeonides C, Loughman A, et al. Maternal prenatal gut microbiota composition predicts child behaviour. EBioMedicine. 2021;68:103400.

• Burugupalli S, Smith AAT, Olshansky G, Huynh K, Giles C, Paul S, et al. Ontogeny of plasma lipid metabolism in pregnancy and early childhood: a longitudinal population study. medRxiv. 2021:2021.09.15.21263636.

2020

 

• Vuillermin PJ, O’Hely M, Collier F, Allen KJ, Tang MLK, Harrison LC, et al. Maternal carriage of Prevotella during pregnancy associates with protection against food allergy in the offspring. Nature Communications. 2020;11(1):1452.

• Vlahos A, Mansell T, Burgner D, Collier F, Novakovic B, Saffery R, et al. Determinants of placental leptin receptor gene expression and association with measures at birth. Placenta. 2020;100:89-95.

• Symeonides C, Vuillermin P, Sly PD, Collier F, Lynch V, Falconer S, et al. Pre-school child blood lead levels in a population-derived Australian birth cohort: the Barwon Infant Study. Medical Journal of Australia. 2020;212(4):169-74.

• Sugeng EJ, Symeonides C, O'Hely M, Vuillermin P, Sly PD, Vijayasarathy S, et al. Predictors with regard to ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption of estimated phthalate daily intakes in pregnant women: The Barwon infant study. Environment International. 2020;139:105700.

• Senn E, Symeonides C, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby A-L, Group tBISI. Early life microbial exposure, child neurocognition and behaviour at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2020;56(4):590-9

• Ponsonby A-L, Symeonides C, Saffery R, Mueller JF, O’Hely M, Sly PD, et al. Prenatal phthalate exposure, oxidative stress-related genetic vulnerability and early life neurodevelopment: a birth cohort study. NeuroToxicology. 2020.

• O'Connor M, Ponsonby A-L, Collier F, Liu R, Sly PD, Azzopardi P, et al. Exposure to adversity and inflammatory outcomes in mid and late childhood. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity - Health. 2020;9:100146.

• Molloy J, Collier F, Saffery R, Allen KJ, Koplin JJ, Louise Ponsonby A, et al. Folate levels in pregnancy and offspring food allergy and eczema. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2020;31(1):38-46.

• Mansell T, Ponsonby A-L, Collier F, Burgner D, Vuillermin P, Lange K, et al. Genetic variation, intrauterine growth, and adverse pregnancy conditions predict leptin gene DNA methylation in blood at birth and 12 months of age. International Journal of Obesity. 2020;44(1):45-56.

• Mansell T, Ponsonby A-L, Collier F, Burgner D, Pezic A, Vuillermin P, et al. Methylation of the LEP gene promoter in blood at 12 months and BMI at 4 years of age—a population-based cohort study. International Journal of Obesity. 2020;44(4):842-7

•  Loughman A, Ponsonby AL, O'Hely M, Symeonides C, Collier F, Tang MLK, Carlin J, Ranganathan S, Allen K, Pezic A, Saffery R, Jacka F, Harrison LC, Sly PD, Vuillermin P; BIS Investigator Group. Gut microbiota composition during infancy and subsequent behavioural outcomes.EBioMedicine. 2020 Feb;52:102640. (Epub Feb 12 2020)

• Ellul S, Ponsonby AL, Carlin JB, Collier F, Mansell T, Vuillermin P, Burgner D, Saffery R; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Team. Sex differences in infant blood metabolite profile in association with weight and adiposity measures. Pediatr Res. 2020 Jan 17. Epub ahead of print

• Leseva MN, Binder AM, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Saffery R, Michels KB; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Differential gene expression and limited epigenetic dysregulation at the materno-fetal interface in preeclampsia. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Jan 15;29(2):335-350.

• Heffernan AL, Gomez-Ramos MJ, Symeonides C, Hare DJ, Vijayasarathy S, Thompson K, Mueller JF, Ponsonby AL, Sly PD; BIS Investigator Group. Harmonizing analytical chemistry and clinical epidemiology for human biomonitoring studies. A case-study of plastic product chemicals in urine. Chemosphere. 2020 Jan;238:124631. (Epub Aug 23 2019)

2019

• Gray LEK, Ponsonby AL, Collier F, O'Hely M, Sly PD, Ranganathan S, Tang MLK, Carlin JB, Saffery R, Vuillermin PJ; BIS Investigator Group. Deserters on the atopic march: Risk factors, immune profile, and clinical outcomes of food- sensitized-tolerant infants. Allergy. 2019 Dec 19. Epub ahead of print. 

• Messina NL, Gardiner K, Donath S, Flanagan K, Ponsonby AL, Shann F, Robins- Browne R, Freyne B, Abruzzo V, Morison C, Cox L, Germano S, Zufferey C, Zimmermann P, Allen KJ, Vuillermin P, South M, Casalaz D, Curtis N. Study protocol for the Melbourne Infant Study: BCG for Allergy and Infection Reduction (MIS BAIR), a randomised controlled trial to determine the non-specific effects of neonatal BCG vaccination in a low-mortality setting. BMJ Open. 2019 Dec 15;9(12):e032844.

• Gray L, Hasebe K, O'Hely M, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Collier F; BIS Investigator Group. Rapid PCR identification of Prevotella copri in an Australian cohort of pregnant women. J Dev Orig Health Dis. 2019 Dec 17:1-7. Epub ahead of print.

• Senn E, Symeonides C, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Early life microbial exposure, child neurocognition and behaviour at 2 years of age: A birth cohort study. J Paediatr Child Health. 2019 Nov 29. Epub ahead of print.

• Anthony Chamings, Kwee Chin Liew, Emily Reid, Eugene Athan, Amy Raditsis, Peter Vuillermin, Yano Yoga, Leon Caly, Julian Druce, Soren Alexandersen. An Emerging Human Parechovirus Type 5 Causing Sepsis-Like Illness in Infants in Australia.Viruses. 2019 Oct; 10 (11): 913.

• John Molloy, Fiona Collier, Richard Saffery, Katrina J Allen, Jennifer J Koplin, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Mimi L K Tang, Alister C Ward, David Martino, David Burgner, John B Carlin, Sarath Ranganathan, Christos Symeonedies, Terence Dwyer, Peter Vuillermin. Folate levels in pregnancy and offspring food allergy and eczema. Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2020 Jan;31(1):38-46 (Epub Oct 2019)

• Mingjing Hu, David Eviston, Peter Hsu, Eliana Mariño, Ann Chidgey, Brigitte Santner-Nanan, Kahlia Wong, James L. Richards, Yu Anne Yap, Fiona Collier, Ann Quinton, Steven Joung, Michael Peek, Ron Benzie, Laurence Macia, David Wilson, Ann-Louise Ponsonby, Mimi L. K. Tang, Martin O’Hely, Norelle L. Daly, Charles R. Mackay, Jane E. Dahlstrom, The BIS Investigator Group, Peter Vuillermin & Ralph Nanan. Decreased maternal serum acetate and impaired fetal thymic and regulatory T cell development in preeclampsia. Nature Communications. 2019 Jul; 1 (10): 3031.

• Amy Loughman, Martin O'Hely, Peter Vuillermin. Gut microbiota composition is associated with temperament traits in infants. Brain Behavior and Immunity. 2019 Jul; 81: 670.

• Toby Mansell , Anne-Louise Ponsonby , Vania Januar , Boris Novakovic , Fiona Collier , David Burgner , Peter Vuillermin , Joanne Ryan , Richard Saffery , Barwon Infant Study Investigator Team. Early-life determinants of hypoxia-inducible factor 3A gene (HIF3A) methylation: a birth cohort study. Clinical Epigenetics. 2019 Jul; 1 (11): 96.

• Fiona Collier , Anne-Louise Ponsonby , Martin O'Hely , Mimi L K Tang , Richard Saffery , John Molloy , Lawrence E K Gray , Sarath Ranganathan , David Burgner , Katrina J Allen , Susanne Brix , Peter Vuillermin. Naïve regulatory T cells in infancy: Associations with perinatal factors and development of food allergy. Allergy. 2019 Jun; 9 (74): 1760-1768.

• Lisa A Bell , Peter Vuillermin , David Burgner , Anna Timperio , Kylie D Hesketh. Physical activity, adiposity and functional vascular parameters in preschool aged children: a cross-sectional study. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice. 2019 May; 3 (13): 314.

• Lawrence E K Gray , Anne-Louise Ponsonby , Tiffany X Lin , Martin O'Hely , Fiona Collier , Sarath Ranganathan , Peter D Sly , Angela Pezic , Mimi L K Tang , David Burgner , Peter Vuillermin. High incidence of respiratory disease in Australian infants despite low rate of maternal cigarette smoking. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 2019 April.

• Fiona Collier , Susan Ellul , Markus Juonala , Anne-Louise Ponsonby , Peter Vuillermin , Richard Saffery , David Burgner. Glycoprotein acetyls (GlycA) at 12 months are associated with high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and early life inflammatory immune measures. Pediatric Research, 2019 Jan; 5 (85): 584-585.

• Rachel Frederick , Peter Vuillermin , Mimi L K Tang , Anne-Louise Ponsonby , Elise Webster , Richard Saffery , Fiona Collier. A child with Klinefelter syndrome and both IgE-mediated food allergy and low proportion of naive Treg. Clinical Case Reports. 2019 Jan; 2 (7): 302-303. 

 

2018 

• Fiona Collier , A Ponsonby , Martin O'Hely , Mimi L K Tang , Katrina J Allen , Leonard C Harrison , John B Carlin , Richard Saffery , Peter D Sly , S Ranganathan , Peter Vuillermin. Larger household size is associated with an increased proportion of regulatory T cells in cord blood. Allergy. 2018 Jan; 73: 132-132.

• McCloskey K, De Livera AM, Collier F, Ponsonby AL, Carlin JB, Vuillermin P, Mellett NA, Jayawardana K, Weir JM, Blangero J, Curran JE, Burgner D, Meikle PJ. Gestational Age and the Cord Blood Lipidomic Profile in Late Preterm and Term Infants. Neonatology. 2018;114:215-22

• Mahar RK, Carlin JB, Ranganathan S, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P, Vukcevic D. Bayesian modelling of lung function data from multiple breath washout tests. Stat Med. 2018 May;37(12):2016-33.

• McCloskey K, Ponsonby AL, Collier F, Allen K, Tang MLK, Carlin JB, Saffery R, Skilton MR, Cheung M, Ranganathan S, Dwyer T, Burgner D, Vuillermin P. The association between higher maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and increased birth weight, adiposity and inflammation in the newborn. Pediatr Obes. 2018 Jan;13(1):46-53.

 

 

2017

 

• Vuillermin PJ, Macia L, Nanan R, Tang ML, Collier F, Brix S. The maternal microbiome during pregnancy and allergic disease in the offspring.Semin Immunopathol. 2017 Nov;39(6):669-675. Review.

• Anderson H, Vuillermin P, Jachno K, Allen KJ, Tang ML, Collier F, Kemp A, Ponsonby AL, Burgner D; Barwon Infant Study Investigator Group. Prevalence and determinants of antibiotic exposure in infants: A population-derived Australian birth cohort study. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Oct;53(10):942-949.

• Ashley SE, Tan HT, Vuillermin P, Dharmage SC, Tang MLK, Koplin J, Gurrin LC, Lowe A, Lodge C, Ponsonby AL, Molloy J, Martin P, Matheson MC, Saffery R, Allen KJ, Ellis JA, Martino D; HealthNuts team; Barwon Infant Study, the Melbourne Atopy Cohort study, the Peanut Allergen Threshold Study and the Probiotic and Peanut Oral ImmunoTherapy study. The skin barrier function gene SPINK5 is associated with challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy in infants. Allergy. 2017 Sep;72(9):1356-1364.

• Molloy J, Koplin JJ, Allen KJ, Tang ML, Collier F, Carlin JB, Saffery R, Burgner D, Ranganathan S, Dwyer T, Ward AC, Moreno-Betancur M, Clarke M, Ponsonby AL, Vuillermin P; BIS investigator group. Vitamin D insufficiency in the first 6 months of infancy and challenge-proven IgE-mediated food allergy at 1 year of age: a case-cohort study. Allergy. 2017 Aug;72(8):1222-31.

• Rueb K, Mynard J, Liu R, Wake M, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, Zannino D, Burgner DP. Changes in carotid artery intima-media thickness during the cardiac cycle - a comparative study in early childhood, mid-childhood, and adulthood. Vasa. 2017 Jul;46(4):275-281.

• Gray LE, O'Hely M, Ranganathan S, Sly PD, Vuillermin P. The maternal diet, gut bacteria, and bacterial metabolites during pregnancy influence offspring asthma. Front Immunol. 2017 Mar 31;8:365. Review.

• Mansell T, Novakovic B, Meyer B, Rzehak P, Vuilllermin P, Ponsonby AL, Collier F, Burgner D, Saffery R, Ryan J, Barwon Infant Study Investigator Team. The effects of maternal anxiety during pregnancy on IGF2/H19 methylation in cord blood. Transl Psychiatry. 2017 Mar;6(3):e765.

 

 

2016

 

• Mansell T, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, Collier F, Saffery R, Barwon Infant Study Investigator Team., Ryan J. Maternal mental well-being during pregnancy and glucocorticoid receptor gene promoter methylation in the neonate. Dev Psychopathol. 2016 Nov;28(4pt2):1421-30.

• Ponsonby AL, Symeonides C, Vuillermin P, Mueller J, Sly PD, Saffery R. Epigenetic regulation of neurodevelopmental genes in response to in utero exposure to phthalate plastic chemicals: How can we delineate causal effects? Neurotoxicology. 2016 Jul;55:92-101. Review
  

• Mahar RK, Vukcevic D, King L, Carlin JB, Ranganathan S. Lack of transparency in software used to analyze multiple breath washout data. Pediatric pulmonology. 2016 Nov;51(11):1108-10.

• McCloskey K, Vuillermin P, Carlin JB, Cheung M, Skilton MR, Tang ML, Allen K, Gilbert GL, Ranganathan S, Collier F, Dwyer T. Perinatal microbial exposure may influence aortic intima-media thickness in early infancy. Int J Epidemiol. 2016 Apr;46(1):209-18
  

• McCloskey K, Burgner D, Carlin JB, Skilton MR, Cheung M, Dwyer T, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL. Infant adiposity at birth and early postnatal weight gain predict increased aortic intima-media thickness at 6 weeks of age: a population-derived cohort study. Clin Sci. 2016 Mar;130(6):443-50.

• Mansell T, Novakovic B, Meyer B, Rzehak P, Vuillermin P, Ponsonby AL, Collier F, Burgner D, Saffery R, Ryan J, Vuillermin P. The effects of maternal anxiety during pregnancy on IGF2/H19 methylation in cord blood. Transl Psychiatry. 2016 Mar 1;6(3):e765. 

• Zhang Y, Collier F, Naselli G, Saffery R, Tang ML, Allen KJ, Ponsonby AL, Harrison LC, Vuillermin P, on behalf of the BIS Investigator Group. Cord blood monocyte-derived inflammatory cytokines suppress IL-2 and induce nonclassic "TH2-type" immunity associated with development of food allergy. Sci Transl Med. 2016 Jan;8(321):321ra8.

 

2015

• Albarhani AA, Collier F, Greaves RF, Ponsonby A-L, Allen KJ, Vuillermin PJ, Roche P, Clarke MW, on behalf of the BIS Investigator Group. Vitamins D and A can be successfully measured by LC–MS/MS in cord blood diluted plasma. Clin Biochem. 2015 Nov;48(16-17):1105-12.

 

 

 

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